Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours - Softcover

Cadenhead, Rogers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672324601 ISBN 13: 9780672324604

Publisher: Sams, 2002

Synopsis

Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours is a step-by-step tutorial that teaches someone with no previous programming experience how to create simple Java programs and applets.

It starts out at a lower level than Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, and takes things at a slower pace, focusing on key programming concepts and essential Java basics.

Although the basic structure of the book, and many of its examples, will remain the same in this new edition, the author will make use of dozens of reader comments to make improvements to explanatory text and example programs.

This new edition of the book maintains and improves upon all these qualities, while updating, revising, and reorganizing the material to cover the latest developments in Java and to expand the book's coverage of core Java programming topics.

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Review

Not a day, but 24 one-hour Java lessons aimed at non-programmers and those with little programming experience. Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours certainly starts at the beginning with an overview of programming as an activity, downloading SDK from Sun and installing it under Windows, Linux and Solaris. The author makes few assumptions about his readers computing expertise and every chapter ends in a Q and A session followed by a quiz.

The book is divided into six sections and a collection of useful appendices. Section II introduces programming basics including variables and constants, strings, conditional tests, loops and then objects and inheritance. By the halfway point you are building a simple visual interface using Swing and the Abstract Windowing Interface--though you will have to wait a couple of hours before you learn how to make it do something.

Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours probably won't unless you're already a fairly good programmer in another language. But if you worked through it assiduously you would have a basic understanding of the Java language. What you won't have is the experience which makes it useful.

However, the example programs Cadenhead works you through are easily adapted and extended, which provides a starting point for practice. Overall, this is the best introduction to Java for complete beginners this reviewer has seen. --Steve Patient

About the Author

Rogers Cadenhead is a writer, Web application developer, and the most valuable player in an NBA playoff game*. He has written 15 books on Internet-related topics, including Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days, Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft FrontPage 2002 in 24 Hours, and How to Use the Internet. He maintains this book's official World Wide Web site at http://www.java24hours.com.

*Cadenhead attended Game 6 of the 1988 NBA Western Conference Finals at Reunion Arena in Dallas. The Dallas Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 105-103 to force a seventh game of the series. CBS Sports gave half the MVP award to Mavericks power forward Mark Aguirre for 23 points and 13 rebounds, and half to the sellout crowd of 17,007 for shouting a whole lot in loud voices and making enthusiastic hand gestures.

Cadenhead's statistics in the game: PLAYER MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS BEERS AVG. DECIBEL LEVEL TRIPS TO BATHROOM ====== === ======= ======= =========== === == == == === ===== ================== ================= CADENHEAD 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 05 80 3

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0672324601
• ISBN 13: 9780672324604
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 552